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A Shenzhen hotel plans to use a fully robotic staff

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 06, 2026
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Pudu Robotics and a Shenzhen state tourism company say they’re building what they call the world’s first full-scenario robot-serviced hotel, on the West Artificial Island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link. The pitch is that a machine handles every job in the building.

Each task gets its own differently-named robot. In the demo, a T300 hauled lug…

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